Melanognathus
Extinct genus of fishes
Melanognathus Temporal range: Devonian | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Sarcopterygii |
Subclass: | Dipnoi |
Order: | Uranolophina |
Family: | Uranolophidae |
Genus: | Melanognathus |
Species: | M. canadensis |
Binomial name | |
Melanognathus canadensis |
Melanognathus (Greek for "black jaw") is a genus of prehistoric lungfish which lived during the Devonian period.[1]
References
- ^ SCHULTZE H.P. (2001). MELANOGNATHUS, A PRIMITIVE DIPNOAN FROM THE LOWER DEVONIAN OF THE CANADIAN ARCTIC AND THE INTERRELATIONSHIPS OF DEVONIAN DIPNOANS. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 21, No. 4 pp. 781–794
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